Heat-insulating porous material based on glauconite-containing sands and aleurites of the Novodvorskoye deposit of the Republic of Belarus

Abstract

The results on the research of heat-insulating porous ceramic materials produced using overburden rocks of the Novodvorsk deposit of Pinsk district of the Brest region as the main component of raw materials are presented in the study and the use of bulk rock consisting of glauconite sands and aleurites is recommended. Low-melting clay, basalt and a blowing agent are used as additional components, rational combination of which would ensure the forming ability of ceramic masses and the required set of the physicochemical properties of the material. The dependence of the bulk density, swelling coefficient, coefficient of thermal conductivity on the chemical and mineral composition of the used and raw materials is established, wich is the criteria for choosing composition with the maximum use of overburden and the necessary plasticity of the ceramic mass required for the molding process of raw granules. The obtained results can serve as a basis for the large-scale use of not only the minerals of the Novodvorsk deposit (basalts and tuffs), but also associated – glauconite-containing overburden. This will make a significant contribution to the expanding the mineral resource base of the Republic of Belarus.